Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France.

Early life

He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles, daughter-in-law of King Louis XIV. Adrienne and her husband are buried with the Noailles and the other nobles who fell to the guillotine at Picpus Cemetery.

Personal life

thumb|right|150px|A highly realistic depiction of his wife, Catherine de Cossé (1724–1794), 1764

On 25 February 1737, he married Catherine Françoise Charlotte de Cossé-Brissac, with whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters:

  1. Jean-Louis-Paul-François de Noailles (1739–1824), who married Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau in 1755. After her death in 1794, he married Baroness Wilhelmine Justine von Mosheim in 1796.
  2. Adrienne Catherine de Noailles (1741–1813), who married René de Froulay, Count of Tessé, Marquis of Lavardin, a grandson of René de Froulay de Tessé in 1755.
  3. Emmanuel-Marie-Louis de Noailles (1743–1822), who married Charlotte Françoise de Hallencourt.
  4. Philippine Louise de Noailles.

Louis de Noailles was succeeded by his eldest son, Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles. The titles remain among the 4th Duke's descendants in the 21st century.

References

  • Généalogie de Carné